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APPLICATION FILED JULY 31.1918.

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CHARLES E. STONE, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

Application led July 31, 1918. Serial No. 247,600.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. STONE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Button, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

rIhis invention relates to buttons and has for an object the provision of an improved construction which may be quickly and easily applied and which will remain firmly in place after once applied.

Another object of the invention is to provide a button which may be applied to articles of clothing without the use of threads or other similar threading means regardless of the thickness of the goods.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a button disclosing an embodiment of the invention, the same being shown applied.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the back or inside piece, the same being taken at right angles to the showing in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a piece of cloth of any desired kind which is designed to receive the button disclosing the invention, said button being provided with a stem 2 merging into a retaining flange 3 preferably formed with a bead 4. The stem 2 is hollow and provided with a Jforwardly extending rounded portion 5 accommodating the end 6 of the back or inner piece 7. In forming the stem 2 an annular seat or shoulder 8 is provided, said seat or shoulder being beveled or tapering as shown in Fig. 1 and of appreciable width accommodating the ends of spring 9. Spring 9 has the closed end 10 resting against the top 6 while the ends 11 and 12 rest against the shoulder 8. This shoulder is beveled in order to accommodate the different thicknesses of cloth 1. For instance, if the cloth is comparatively thin the ends 11 and 12 will move upwardly when the spring 9 is inserted until they are at the upper edge of the shoulder, whereas if the cloth 1 is thicker they will be positioned substantially midway as shown in Fig. 1 or near the lower edge.

The lower end of the stem 2 is provided with an aperture 13 through which the end 6 is passed when the button is being assembled and through which the upstanding legs 14 and 15 project. These legs merge into the clamping plate 16 of the back or inside prece 7, said clamping plate being provided with one or more rows of roughened portions or teeth 17 adapted to bite into the cloth 1 and thereby prevent any loose movement of the parts while causing the button 1n its entirety to grip in a better way the cloth.

When the button is placed in position an opening is cut or provided in some manner in the cloth 1 and the stem placed thereon so that the aperture 13 will register with the opening in the cloth after which the inside piece 7 is placed in position as shown in Fig. 1 and last of all the spring 9 placed in position and the ends 11 and 12 forced as far up the shoulder 8 as possible so as to positively lock the parts together and in such a position that the cloth will be under tension or compression. In this way the cloth is held against tearing and the button is at the same time held rigidly in place. It will be noted that the clamping plate 16 is provided with an opening 18 whereby the spring may he easily inserted and the ends 11 and 12 caused to spring out in the space between the legs 14 and 15 of end member 6. If preferred the button could be placed in position substantially in a reverse order, namely after the hole in the cloth is provided the back piece 7 is applied then the front part is passed over the end 6 of back piece 7 and finally the spring is placed in position.

What I claim is:

1. A button comprising a stem formed with a forwardly extending portion, said stem being hollow including the forwardly extending portion, a back or inside piece formed with an end member projecting into the stem, a clamping plate engaging the cloth, and a spring engaging the inside piece projecting into said stem, said spring at the same time engaging the stem and locking the inside piece in position, said projecting rounded portion permitting a longer spring.

2. A button comprising a stem having a retaining flange, said stem being hollow and formed with an annular shoulder tapering from one side to the other, an`v inside piece having a clamping plate, a projecting portion projecting into said stem, and a substantially U-shaped spring positioned within said projecting portion and engaging the .same with the ends resting on said shoulder,

'clamping plate and an inwardly projecting portion, said clamping plate having a slot therein while the inwardly projecting portion is formed with diametrically opposirte openings, and a substantially U-shaped spring 'inserted through said slot so as to engage the inwardly projecting portion and project through the openings therein to engage said shoulder for locking the parts together.

t. A button of the character described comprising a hollow stem formed with a retaining flange, a back member having a projecting portion extending into said stein, and av clamping plate, said clamping plate being formed with a plurality of teeth for gripping the article to which the button is connected and means engaging said projecting portion and said stein for locking the projecting portion in place.

5. A button of the character described comprising a hollow steni having an upwardly extending retaining flange having a beveled upper surface presenting a tapering shoulder, a back piece formed with a clamping plate coacting with the end of the stein for' clamping the button in placey onl the garnient, and a projecting portion extending into the stem, and a substantially U-shaped spring engaging said clamping portion and said shoulders for locking the clamping plate in position.

CHARLES E. STONE.

Copies olt'his patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of'IPatents, Washington, Dl C. 

